diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a932a81175..327db2b377 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ coverage:
     tags:
         - veloren-docker
     script:
-        - cargo tarpaulin -v
+        - echo "Workaround, tarpaulin fails due some rust files are already deleted, so we just stack tarpaulin. if its the os error, it wont appear on them all, if its a real error, it will retry and then fail"
+        - cargo tarpaulin -v || cargo tarpaulin -v || cargo tarpaulin -v || cargo tarpaulin -v || cargo tarpaulin -v || cargo tarpaulin -v || cargo tarpaulin -v || cargo tarpaulin -v || cargo tarpaulin -v || cargo tarpaulin -v
 
 benchmarks:
     stage: post
@@ -168,5 +169,4 @@ windows:
             - assets/
             - LICENSE
         expire_in: 1 week
-
 # --